Sheet-music holder



(No Model.)

G. G. SCOTT.

SHEET MUSIC HOLDER.

Patented Dec. '1, 1885. 72 4i.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

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GERARD o. soorr, or BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHEET-MUSIC HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. $31,554:, dated December 1, 1885.

Application filed December 8, 1884. Serial No. 149,779. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GERARD O. Scorr, of Bradford, in the county of McKean and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved SheetMusic Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved holder for holding sheet music or other like printed or written sheets of various sizes in such a manner that they can easily be turned over or folded.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an inside face View of my im proved sheet-music holder, the same being opened. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same on the line 00 m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of the adjustable clip-piece for holding the free edges of the several sheets or leaves. Fig. 4: is an end view of the same.

The two covers A, made of pasteboard or analogous material, are united by a troughshaped stiff back, B, on the edges of which the covers are adapted to swing. A cleat, O,

is secured on the inner surface of each back at the bottom edge, the thickness of each cleat being equal to half of the width of the back B. A fiat spring-holder, D, is pivoted 011 the edge of each oleat at the outer end, and a holder, E, is pivoted on the inner edge of one or both cleats at the inner end.

On the inner surface of each side of the trough-shaped back B a spring-strip, F, is held, one end of each strip being fixed to the top of the back, and the lower end being arranged to slide on a crosspin, G, uniting the sides of the trough-shaped back and passing through longitudinal slots in the lower sliding ends of the strip F. The strips F are bent toward each other a short distance from each end, so that the middle portions of the strips will be some distance from the sides of the troughshaped back. A flat spring, H, having its outer end bent to form an open loop, J, is arranged to slide between two undercut guides,

K, secured transversely on the inner surface of one of the covers A.

On the free curved end of the spring H a stepped strip, L, is secured parallel with the outer edge of the cover, the lowest end of the stepped strip being secured to the curved end of the spring H.

At each step M of the strip L a series of spring-fingers, N, are secured, which project toward the inner or hinged edge of the cover. The free ends of some of the fingers N of each set are bent upward. The ends of the other fingers are bent down to facilitate passing the edges of the sheets or leaves between them. The inner edges of the sheets S S are inserted between the spring-strips F,Whereby they are held in place in the trough-shaped back B. The stiff sheets that are not to be folded are held on the covers A A by the springs D D. The free ends of the other sheets are held between the spring-fingers N N of the stepped strip L, the uppermost sheet or leaf being held by the uppermost fingers, the next sheet or leaf by the next lower fingers, and so on, as shown in Fig. 2. The fingers of the hand can easily be placed under any one sheet or leaf S, to swing or fold the same in the direction of the arrow a. The springH, carrying the stepped spring-finger strip L, can easily be shifted a greater or less distance from the free edge of the cover, according to the width of the sheet-music, 850., in the holder.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a sheet-music holder, the combination, with a back and two covers hinged. to the same, of a strip having fingers and held on one of the covers parallel with the free edges of the leaves or sheets held in the holder, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a sheet-music holder, the combination, with a back and two covers hinged to the same, of a strip held on one of the covers adjustable a greater or less distance from the free edge and parallel with the said edge, and a series of fingers projecting inwardly from the said strip, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a sheet-musicholder, the combination, with a back and two covers hinged to the same, of a stepped strip held on one cover parallel with the free edge, and of springfingers projecting from the said strip, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a sheet-music holder, the combination, 5 with a back and two covers, of the guides K on the inner surface of one cover, the spring I H, arranged to slide between the covers, and having abent end, J, and of the stepped strip 1 L, held on the outer bent end of the strip, and having inwardly-projecting springfingers at IO each step, substantially as herein shown and described.

' GERARD O. SGQTT. Witnesses: I

OSCAR F. GUNZ, EDGAR TATE. r 

